Robert ‘Bob’ Zulkoski is no stranger to Asia. The continent has been home since he first arrived in 1994 with GE Capital as managing director of the company's Asian commercial real estate finance and services group. Next the American morphed into a founding member of Oakwood Asia Pacific, a service apartment manager, which in 1998 was acquired by Colony Capital, the private equity giant led by legendary real estate investor Tom Barrack.
Real estate pros reunited
Robert Zulkoski created a stir when he left Colony Capital Asia Pacific in 2004 to set up Pangaea Capital Management, an Asia-focused special situations fund manager. Earlier this year, Pangaea became part of Oaktree Capital Management, a US alternative investment group with big plans for the region. The sale has thrust Zulkoski back into the spotlight and brought him back together with former colleagues at Colony. In September, Sharon Lim met him to learn how and why it all happened.
